CEDAR-ISLES-DEAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Annual Members Meeting Minutes, May 12, 7-8:30 P.M
CEDAR-ISLES-DEAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Annual Members Meeting Minutes, May 12, 7-8:30 p.m. Online via Zoom Minutes by Rosanne Halloran Board members present: Chair Mary Pattock, Vice Chair Tim Sheridan, Secretary Rosanne Halloran, Dean Kephart, Claire Ruebeck, Amanda Vallone and CIDNA Coordinator Michael Jon Olson. Absent: Evan Carlson, Stephen Goltry, Treasurer Kevin Johnson Invited guests: Lisa Goodman / Minneapolis City Council Member - Ward 7, Marion Greene / Hennepin County Commissioner - District 3, and CIDNA accountant Robert Thompson. About 25 community members were also present. Call to order: Mary Pattock, Chair • Mary called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. The board approved the meeting agenda and the April 14, 2021 meeting minutes. Mary welcomed attendees and invited them to consider running for board membership later in the meeting. • She welcomed CIDNA’s new coordinator, Michael Jon Olson, who comes to CIDNA with extensive neighborhood organization experience and management skills. He reviewed the Zoom meeting protocols with attendees. Financial Report / Robert Thompson, CIDNA Accountant Robert said CIDNA is financially healthy. In addition to ongoing City funding, we have access to $18,000 previously contracted but unspent, which must be spent by the end of December. Our loan to Propel for affordable housing was paid back; those $134K Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) dollars can be used again for housing or other projects allowable under NRP legislation. Annual Report / Mary Pattock, Chair • CIDNA made substantial progress in community engagement this year, due in part to Communication Committee activities, including the “Take a Look at CIDNA” Facebook project, and the neighborhood survey, which has nearly 200 responses so far.
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